Search Engine Watch, a blog covering search engine news, recently reported on LeapFish’s recent real-time and social search engine launch. The post by Frank Watson notes that “LeapFish offers a start page for web users where they can watch their Facebook and Twitter accounts as well as set up feeds for news, entertainment, sports and other services”

Excerpt from the Article:

“The site offers some very interesting possibilities. It has some similarities to iGoogle but has managed to integrate social media faster than the search giant ”

Click here to read the entire Search Engine Watch Article:

http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/091112-224356

Unfortunately, these days you can’t help but hear dreary news when it comes to the economy and how more and more people are losing their jobs.  Fortunately, at LeapFish we have a bit of a better hiring story to tell.  LeapFish is hiring and looking for talent in many areas!

We believe our people are our power and when it comes to attracting the right people, we have given a lot of thought to the careers that motivate professionals. We offer our team members intellectual power and independent insight. This in turn creates an entrepreneurial environment where a professional can reach their potential sooner and explore a full range of opportunities.

LeapFish encourages an open and communicative workplace, as well as an environment of growth and learning. We offer a great opportunity to learn and grow along with competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits.

If you seek an environment where you can embrace challenge, make an impact and enjoy significant growth, Join us!

We are currently accepting resumes for the following opportunities:

• Inside Sales Representative
• Regional Sales Managers
• Client Services Representative
• Project Manager
• Network Engineer
• Sr. Network Engineer
• Software Engineer
• Sr. Software Engineer

To apply online visit us at http://www.dotnextinc.com/Careers.aspx

So what makes a Spooktacular LeapFish Halloween Bash? Great Employees, Great Food, Creative Costumes, Fabulous Decorations and a Costume Contest with awesome prizes!

This time last year the office was celebrating Halloween and gearing up for the launch of LeapFish Beta. This year will be hard to forget, from the life-size kissing booth to the scariest of Zombies, LeapFish truly captured the spooky spirit of Halloween and everyone had a great time.

Congratulations to the Jungle a.k.a Halloween Allstars who not only won a private preview of LeapFish 2.0 prior to the highly anticipated launch this November but also took first place as the winning team in our Costume Contest!

A big thank you to all LeapFish employees who participated in this years festivities! Without our people LeapFish is nothing. Every LeapFish employee plays an important role and we are thankful to be part of a loyal team of people  and it is through them that we’ve been able to perform month after month & continue to celebrate our success.

Our Team at LeapFish wishes everyone a safe and fruitful Holiday Season and looks forward to an even bigger and better 2010!

Ben Behrouzi, LeapFish Founder & CEO, recently wrote an article on the key characteristics of real time search, providing insight into the implications of bottoms up content creation and why it is critical to the evolution of search.

Entire Article Below:

If you don’t understand why the Real Time Web is huge, you will soon.

Thanks to micro-blogging sites like Twitter, a constant stream of human-posted content has infiltrated the Web.  This growing infiltration has created a bottoms up approach to content creation that via the progressive support of rapidly developing applications has and will continue to empower every individual to co-create what is deemed as “important” on the Web.  The Real Time Web serves as both the database that informs us of what is happening right “Now” and the human touch to the content that will compete with the traditional algorithms for what is deemed as “valuable” content to us all.

Its challenges lie in the filtration and mass integration of both the content and the act of sharing to the Real Time Web.  There remain major aspects of the Web that have not yet integrated “searching” and “sharing” of the Real Time Web, including traditional search.  But as filtration and integration progress the Web will take the form of a living breathing database.

Here are 5 reasons why Real Time Search will help the Real Time movement change the Web and your experience forever.

The “Now” Factor

We saw it with Michael Jackson’s passing.  We saw it with the Iran Protests and we see it more and more everyday  — the Real Time web provides us with what is happening right “Now” and with vivid detail from around the globe.  “We” is driving the “Now” factor.

We Become Co-Creators

The Real-Time web offers us the ability to become co-creators in not only content but also in what is deemed important.  Why?  Because we decide what is worth sharing, discussing and having opinions on.  This behavior serves as a natural selection of valuable content.  Certainly the current web allows for creation of content, but what is deemed as important/valuable is mostly left up to a few individuals, organizations and a bunch of robots.  The Real-Time web, once fully integrated, will change that.

Humans vs Machines

Have you ever clicked on blue links that lead you to a piece of content dating back to a year ago? Search results lose relevancy each day due to the amount of new content hitting the internet. Spiders, web crawlers and engines decide what content is relevant via algorithms and those results can be manipulated via intelligently structured content (SEO).  Real-time search enables users to receive information via conversations and people instead of machines.  Take a look at your web results today.  Would you rather receive cold content determined by algorithms or what the crowd and people value as good and bad?

Facebook Factor

With over 300 million users creating and wrapping themselves around content, once Facebook opens up its search API to the web what do you think will happen?  Better yet do you think there is value in being able to search a database of 300 million users’ opinions and experiences?  Searching Facebook may be the factor that tips the overall experience of the web into one that is very different than today.  Facebook may be the tipping point to where bottoms up (sharing & contributing) will go head to head with tops down (crawling & optimizing)

A New Breed of Search Engines

If there existed a search engine that was capable of aggregating and rendering results based on what was shared, peoples opinions and conversations, would you be interested in that search engine?  If you knew that there were 6 conversations that provided a fantastic account of a design firm you were considering would that be more valuable to you than the top 3 links on your current search engine results?  Would you have more value for SEO based search results or human conversation driven results?  How about both?  Real-Time search, once developed, will render a new breed of search engines that will capture this new value the New Web has to offer.

At the moment, Real Time Search is only in its infancy, as is the Real Time web.  Twitter and the like are simply representations of a big movement that will continue to occur with the creation of more similar services, more adoption of those services and more integration of those services.

What is clear is that our daily use of the Real Time Web’s driving platforms — Twitter, Facebook and the like — is unprecedented.  The Internet is no longer simply just a disconnected 3^rd party container of tops down aggregation, “We” is now part of its determination.  And, search as we know it will soon change to accommodate, thereby delivering a completely different experience of the Web.

Own a website?  Interested in making some extra cash?

LeapFish is empowering all website owners with an affiliate program that generates up to $500 in monthly income with absolutely no upfront or monthly costs.  We know what you’re thinking, “sounds too good to be true?…” Not at all.  But don’t take our word for it, take a look at what Sean Gagne has to say about the LeapFish AffiliateProgram.

Dear LeapFish;

I have been an affiliate marketer for over five years.  If there is one thing I have learned it’s that the key to becoming a winner in affiliate marketing is developing multiple streams of revenue.

Since bringing leapfish.com on board I have been extremely pleased with my results. You really do have all the markings of a world class outfit.

I received my first payment with out a hitch and continue to develop a strong income stream with the leapfish.com search bar.

Thank you for providing me with an opportunity to put more money in my pocket.

The thought that I am paid for every single search is astounding.  No longer do I have to wait for a search to take place then hope my client clicks on an ad before I get paid.

In five minutes I had my search bar in place and now have a completely hassle free extra $50.00 per month and I haven’t had to touch it since.

This to me is the best kind of affiliate program – The one that runs it’s self.

Yours truly

Sean Gagne

http://affiliatemarketingplaybook.com

So in the end, it’s not too good to be true.   To sign up as a LeapFish Affiliate visit the Affiliate Center. The more people that know about your widget the more you’ll make!

PHISHING ATTACK – LEAPFISH SCAM ALERT :

LeapFish advertisers have recently reported an individual who is sending a large number of anonymous emails to LeapFish advertisers identified on Twitter, Phishing for Personal Information, Attacking the LeapFish Brand, Spreading Propaganda and in some cases attempting to Cancel an Advertiser’s Account while gaining access to their Credit Card Information.  LeapFish has identified the attacker as someone who has been attacking LeapFish clients and Employees on Twitter, Blogs and via email in order to gain access to personal and confidential corporate information.  One example of the initial Phishing Attack email is provided below :

From: annonymous@annonymous.com

Date: April 13, 2009 9:02:29 AM PDT

To: ##########

Subject: Website request for: LeapFish

Name: A Good Citizen

Mail address: annonymous@annonymous.com

Message sent from  ##########:

Saw your question about LeapFish on Twitter and I can help you with questions and your account with them.

This is a standard notification informing our customers that these anonymous Phishing emails did not originate from LeapFish Corporate. All legitimate communications from LeapFish will arrive from an official LeapFish.com email address.  All sensitive client information remains secure and accessible by authorized parties only, unless you provide your information to the attacker.

LeapFish has initiated a formal investigation of the full criminal matter and will provide an official update shortly.

For more information on phishing scams visit :  Phishing Attacks

Please assist us by forwarding any suspicious emails to support@leapfish.com or by contacting us directly at 888-748-5510.

Silicon Valley Business Journal’s prestigous 40 under 40 recognizing the top 40 innovators in Silicon Valley has recognized Ben Behrouzi for consistent innovation over the last 10 years. 

The Business Journal selected the top 40 executives and entreprenuers from nominations throughout Silicon Valley, recognizing innovation, business success, community and job creation.  Ben Behrouzi was recognized for fund raising, multi-million revenue production, job creation and product & technology innovation at Reply.com and DotNext.  Others recognized included Sequoia Capital Partner Roelf  Botha, Google Vice President of Search Products Marissa Mayer, Mint.com Founder Aaron Patzer, Ning CEO Gina Bianchini and others.

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